New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11
THE SHAMRoCK's GoODLUcK
BEATING THE TIrANIA BY A FLuKE.

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for second class soops The starters the Sham
rock, Titsnia. Fanny and MisehIef. The Shamrock
beat the Htania but the rtanis cprried OF all the
honors aud the fsult practically another triumph
for Burgess. Heretofore IL has been supposed that
IN light wind the Shamrock conld outsai. the
Ttania, while 1t il conceded that the Titanis is the
better boat in heavy weather. The W nd was hght
yesterday freshening into a moderate breeze toward
the close, but ~ long as it held fair md steady the
Ttania skipped away from tne Shan rock. much to
the surprise OF the adurers OF the latter But there
were two three bouts OF almost dead calm at one
stage OF the race, and the Shamrock. favored bv
fukes, established lead OF IL minutes al seconds.
This the Titanic cut down TO m mute IL seconds be-
fore the close Of the and the way she did it.
long a there light enough to see, was sight
worth beholding. Mr. Watson, the designer of the
Thistle. sailed On the Shamrock. He remarked thar
the Sound the finest sheet of water for yacht
sailing that he had ever seen, but he was oisereety
silent about the Thistle.
The pre- paratory gan was fred at 1880. The wind
light from the northwest The sloops then
taeking and filing vest OF the starting lne which
was placed between the committee boat aud stake
boat moored of the clubhouse psgoda- At 11:35
the starting gun was fred. The boats dropped their
spnnaker booms to port they approached the start
ing lne, all punched together Tho Fanny set her
spnnaker aud broke a balloon iib forged
ahead of the othur three boats going the line at
11:3S:37 But the Titanis, which broke out her
balloon jib spiinsksr she crossed the lire
only five seconds behind her. The Shamrock went
over ut 1l:3S:32 and the Mischief mt 11:39:l7. The
tania had trouble with her spinnaker, splitting
it at the foot and she took in but let IL again
The wind. however, hadled round to the north
little. heading of the yachts bit, and ten minutes
after starting they all took In their spinnakers and
.ontenied themseve. With balloon iibs BY this time
the Mi chief which was sailing renark ably WELL hal
overhauled the Fanny, Titaua and shan rock, and
the order Mischief Titania, Shamrock and
Fanny about loo yards separating the hrst three
and Goa Die OF hundred yards the Shamrock and
Fanny The latter dropped steadily astern fer
while. The Ttana pulled out to wind ward OF the
feet and then began to pick up the Mischief fast
At ll:51 abe blankettcd her and went By her hand
over fist. AT she hauled in her balloon lih aud
hoiste in its place baby b tor sail The Mischief
and Fanny followed suit few minutes later but the
Shamrock held on to hers and gained on the Mis-
chief. rhey turnej the stakeboat of MatInnicock
Point in the following order:
TaSa l2itlS Shamrock l l2iSss
Thus in the rin from the starting line. four and q
half uau tc1l titles. the ftaDis bad beaten the Mis-
chief Ii seconds. the Shamrock 30 seconds and the
tanny minutes aud 53 seconds. To the next stake
boat OF Captains Island. tour anG quarter nautical
mi e. distant the yachts had beat to wind ward.
They broke tacks after turning the Mhtpnicoek Point
stakeboat The wind tell liLht. aud il was slow and
tedious work beating against 1t. The ritania nv
udicious coaxng just able to weather the stake
boat. and the Mischief bad 10 be npped hard to fetch
II aud went by it with headsails all napping Inc
Snam rock was no. so fortunate aud had tn make
short t,ok to weather it. Tho time at turning was
follows
n,:sS. iis sss f Fas"y is sfs
In this windward work the rtania had beaten the Ms
S SSss % %naIs second; seconds. 'n aud tns
Fanny 20 minutes. ,. seconds ssain Jhns v ,sI
with the bigger boats. and with iime allowance
OF minStcs 81 seconds from tho Titsnla s,ill
s 1Ss ,skssS,, the sop, ea1ed of their sheets
took in their jb top.ail, AMI broke out balloon
Tor Iha next staEsboat OF Eaton's Polut.
lo' nautical miles nwsy The wnd n. ynsh,.
slipped through the vaier right merrily The
sSSrS San iiG2 ss ans as She
wind and drew away from the Mischief which was
most so0r' ra ss. while s ~'"o tho Shamrock
was heelng well over Laies me I h,,na ran an
asnped The Shamrock which still held tho wind drew mp
upon nor But good luck did not last long she too.
turn 20 get start OF wind After a ouch dodrnms
tue wind hauled around to me sonIhsa, dead nassa o.
AFT and they stood away ON the port tack
Titan'a, as II found her considerably 70 windvaiq
this wind pet red out and for abont couple OF
abeam 10 enahe yachts hold their own against me
food tide. AT snalls pace the yachts crawled toNata
The Fanny which had crept along with little wind that
she shared with ONE led the eet but she wa. "a, 70
the stake boat slant Of wind struck her and carried her
along While the I1Hna MIA, and ns nsaTT mn cne Over
from The Counectcut side and bcd around the stake
S,ae te rae, once by sheer luck she had obtained
another chance THIS was the time OF rounding;
shamrock s:lTcS T sas,., S SSeod
Tine breeze was fresher and steady and With the
wind the siarboar quarter the yachts eachen Io VIC
captains islsna S .u yciorX ceTian naiess
succession OF nkes should FAVOR her rivals asiern Inc
o9e a he Fanny and cut down gap between
her aud the shamrock. They turned the 0aP"'ius
Island stakebOat as follows:
shamrock ...... 6:5S52 Titana-..-...--..-. 7oo2o
The Fanny and Mischief were not tuned; From CAP,
tans island sakeboat the sh ana Raa saats set
their spinnakors after rounding te stakeboat Iot run
before the wind To the Matinnecock Point stakeDost
In the darx the sskeboat could not be found by the
iudges the ald the tug was made 70 90 duty As
TItsnia which in the had cut down the shamrocss
lead in an amazing fashion AZ $50 Az 10 Tue h nne
quarter the distance and 10 win the Iitsna
had down The minute 10 seconds lead when .ae
Shamrock had at the turning point ana gain an saa
tlonal minute 10 seconds which she had To concene 70
her time Il was Ssa T I9S n% ases on
tie tug had great difficulty because OK the "a
nc.rsn Of the ting DOUBTLESS bothered both
yachts good deal Tae yachts crossed the finish Inc
as follows:
ss,sS's:. s siisiiss MISCHIEF
That the Mischief should finish so close behind the
Titania s.rprised everybody aud IL at once sur
mise that she had not gone over the whole course
the judges boat did not .nceeea ~ nas sa nat tss
Mischief Jared better she sought 70 usc1Fe , ~
Euf IN abe did complete the she wins IN timc
Allowance Tho following table shows the record oil the
race: .,,
Elapsol Correctd
start finis umeo
Tiisnis. llsst2 s'l7is ssssi s SsJ
Mi,c.ief .......... ll:Jsl3 6ltto 53bz5 ooio-
Fanny ........ 1881 Didn't hnish
Later was decided TO declare the race on because
was not sailed In eight hours ,. .,oh
On Monday there will be sailed or Larchmont mateh
race fol- $3.50 side between the Cinderella anu ,ns
Anaconda. hiteen miles 10 eeward or wnaw,srnn a ,
return The LarchInont regatta committee VIII De tho
judges OF the race
GETTING READY FOR THE TRIAL hAoE0
MUCH INTEREST IN THE VOLUNTEER AND MAY
FLowER-TuE THIS rLK INACTIVE.
Now that the Volunteer and Mayhower arc getting
ready for tho trial races, tho Interest In the